My research focuses on coupling low temperature thermochronometers with structural data and foreland basin records to develop deformation and exhumation timelines for orogenic belts in the North American Cordillera. Through iterative inverse and forward numerical modeling of low temperature thermochronometric data, my work further explores the deep-time (>1 Ga) time-temperature paths of basement rocks in regions with long and complex thermal histories. I also conduct research on the rheology of metamorphic minerals and microtectonic indicators to trace the deformation mechanism of vein hosted faults. Additionally, I have collaborated with researchers at the Colorado School of Mines, and in the mining industry to characterize and date Fe-oxides found in the Carlin type gold deposits in North-Central Nevada.

 EDUCATION 

Ph.D. Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (December 2021) Advisor: Dr. William Guenthner

Deep Time Tectono-Thermal History of the Northern US Cordillera: Understanding Zircon (U-Th)/He Thermochronology and its Application to Idaho-Montana Basement Rocks

M.Sc. Geology, University of Rochester (June 2016) Advisor: Dr. Gautam Mitra 

Transitional Deformation in the Santaquin Basement Complex in the Charleston-Nebo Thrust Sheet, Central Utah 

B.A. Geology, Distinction and Honors, University of Rochester (May 2015) Advisor: Dr. Gautam Mitra 

Generations of Deformation Within the Santaquin Basement Complex of Santaquin, Utah